3 Edward slips into coma
5 The dying king has a fit but wakes and makes final dispositions and
relates his prophecy of doom
6 Epiphany - The last day of the auspicious Christmas festival so funeral and
coronation are rushed

Autumn

August
12 Williamís fleet is completed and gathers in the estuary of the River Dives
30* King Haraldís fleet sets sail from the Solunds, Norway with 200 warships and
many supply vessels
September
8 King Harold releases his army after the summer and autumn waiting on the IOW
12 Haroldís fleet leaves the Isle of Wight
12 Williamís fleet attempts to cross the Channel but is driven into
St.Valery-sur-Somme by a storm, possibly chased by the English fleet
11/12* King Harald of Norway visits Orkney and Shetland Isles where his wife and
daughters are deposited. His fleet swells
to 300 longships

15* Tostig submits to Harald in the Firth of Forth
14* The Norse fleet makes landfall, probably near Tynemouth
17* Sunday - Scarborough is attacked and burnt
18* Holderness, the base of one of the northern earls, is destroyed: Riccall
occupied by advanced party
19* News of the northern invasion reaches Harold
19 King Harald re-boards the ships and rides the tides to Riccall on the rivers
Humber & Ouse
20 King Harald of Norway defeats the combined army of the northern earls at
Fulford
21* Southern army sets out on horseback (10 hours x 8kph = 80 x 4 days = 320 km)
24 Sunday - King Harald parades Norse army and accepts the submission of York
King Harold II arrives in York in the evening and takes steps to ensure
that the presence of his army, resting at Tadcaster is not revealed
25 King Harold II defeats and kills the Harald and Tostig at Stamford Bridge.
27 William's fleet sails from the Somme at dusk
28 William lands near Pevensey after a night crossing of the Channel
29 William moves along the coast
30 News of invasion reaches London
October
2* News of William's landing reaches Harold who immediately heads south
6 Friday - Harold reaches London
11 Wednesday - Harold leaves London
13 Friday - The English muster on the valley road some 10k from Williamís camp
14 Battle with Norman invaders results in the death of Harold II and much of
the south Saxon nobility